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Beyond Science?: Healing Touch
Students apply the scientific method by building a "Proposal for Study." They label the Observation, Hypothesis, and Prediction columns. Students listen as the teacher introduces the alternative healing methods of therapeutic touch and...
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Pbs: A Different Way to Heal?: A Biased View
Investigate the claims of "energy field" therapists and determine if claims of success should be attributed to the "placebo effect". Describe how people's expectations and beliefs can influence their response to medical and nonmedical...
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Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Beyond Science?: Healing Touch
Use the scientific method to investigate the claims of "energy field" therapists. Design an investigation to study the claims of biomagnetic therapy.